词汇精选：mop的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
拖把 [C]
例句：
I used a mop to sop up the spilled water.
我用拖把把泼出的水擦干。
例句：
He got a mop, a bucket, and some paper towels.
他拿来拖把、水桶和一些纸巾。
蓬松的头发 [C]
例句：
He was long-limbed and dark-eyed, with a mop of tight, dark curls.
他四肢修长、眼睛乌黑发亮，留着一头蓬乱浓密的黑色卷发。
例句：
He rarely smiles, and when he does, his face, topped by an unruly mop of brown hair, contorts into something more closely resembling a grimace.
他不苟言笑，而当他发笑时，在一头蓬乱的棕色头发的映衬下，更像是在做鬼脸。
鬼脸
v.
用拖把拖；擦拭 [I,T]
例句：
He mopped perspiration from his forehead.
擦去了前额的汗水。
例句：
There was a woman mopping the stairs.
一个女人在拖楼梯。
扮鬼脸，搭拉着脸 [I]
例句：
Wilson mopped his face and breathed deeply of the air outside the hole.
威尔逊哭丧着脸，一到洞外就深深地吸了一口气。
例句：
At the circus, the clowns mopped and mowed.
马戏演出时，丑角扮怪相。
二、词义辨析：
clean,clear,sweep,dust,mop,wipe,scrub
这些动词均有“使干净”之意。clean是这些动词中最常用的词，指将某物或某处的污物等清除掉，弄干净。clear指清除不要的东西。sweep指用扫帚等进行清扫，也用作比喻。dust指将积落在物体表面的尘土抹去、掸掉或擦去以保干净。mop侧重指用拖把擦洗地板，有时也指擦干净或擦去。wipe多指用布、纸等物把东西擦净，也指擦掉某物。scrub指用硬刷、肥皂或水用力地擦洗某物。
三、相关短语：
mop up
mop up1.用拖把拖洗 2.结束；完成mop-upn. 1.【军】扫荡
四、参考例句：
Bob, would you please mop the floor?
鲍勃,把地板拖一下好吗?
He got a mop, a bucket, and some paper towels.
他拿来拖把、水桶和一些纸巾。
I mop the kitchen floor twice a week.
我一星期两次用拖把拖厨房的地板。
He ran a hand through his mop of fair hair.
I used a mop to sop up the spilled water.
我用拖把把泼出的水擦干。
Fetch a cloth to mop up the spill.
拿块抹布把溢出来的东西擦掉。
The hotel cleaner entered carrying a bucket and a mop.
旅馆清洁工拿着水桶和拖把进来。
Grandmother uses a mop to clean the floor.
奶奶用拖布擦地板。
The housemaid comes to mop our kitchen floor twice a week.
女佣每周两次到我家来拖洗厨房地板。
I have to mop the kitchen floor at least once a day.
我每天至少要把厨房地板擦洗一次。
